People · Finland
Venni Vilmeri Virta
2×2 · top 6.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023VIRT01
Venni Vilmeri Virta has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.28, set at Finnish Championship 2024, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 94th in Finland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2023, he has put 196 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.21 in March 2023 to 2.28, a 46% improvement. Venni has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Finland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.28 | 3.76 | top 6.9% | 94 / 671 | |
| 3×3 | 10.02 | 12.45 | top 7.5% | 100 / 875 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.81 | 7.76 | top 18.6% | 175 / 551 | |
| 4×4 | 1:12.36 | — | top 49.1% | 213 / 388 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 Oct 2024Six personal bests in one day at Finnish Championship 2024.
- 20 Oct 2023First sub-20 3×3: 12.22 at Finnish Championship 2023.
- 20 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.22 at Finnish Championship 2023.
- 3 Mar 2023First competition: Kirkkonummi Time Trial 2023. A 20.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kirkkonummen Jouluvääntelyt 2025 · 26 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Finnish Championship 2025 · 17 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- VERK VII 2025 · 26 Jun 2025
- Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Finnish Championship 2024 · 17 Oct 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024
- Lahen Cubefest 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Finnish Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Kirkkonummi Time Trial 2023 · 3 Mar 2023
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Luukas Lempinen — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Niko Ronkainen — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead once
- Aarni Salakari — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.